Coronita Elementary School is one of 20 elementary and middle schools from across the nation that was selected by Crayola and the National Association of Elementary School Principals (NAESP) to receive a “Champion Creatively Alive Children” school grant this school year.

As Auburndale Intermediate School began to prepare for their Trimester 2 Awards Assembly they realized they had a problem. They had too many students that qualified for the award to host only one assembly.

We are pleased to announce that the Corona-Norco Unified School District’s Project Safety Net Program has been selected to receive the 2015 Exemplary School Safety Initiative Award by the School Safety Advocacy Council, a recognized leader in school safety based services and training.

Excitement and anticipation from all was clear to see as our year-round schools welcomed students and parents on the first day of the 2015-16 school year! Students came ready learn and eager to meet their teachers and reconnect with friends!

On June 22, 2015, Colonel Bobby C. Woods, Director, United States Air Force, announced Norco High School's United States Air Force Junior Reserve Officer Training Corps unit as one of the units having earned the "Silver Star" Community Service with Excellence Award for AY 2014-2015.

Home Gardens Academy’s Dream Big Parent Academy, formerly named Parent University, received the Exemplary Practice In Parent Engagement award at the 23rd District PTA Conference held on June 11-12, 2015.

The Cougars were held in check for the first sixth innings of Saturday's CIF-SS Division 1 championship game. Norco was down to its final out in the top of the seventh inning, but the Cougars pushed four runs across to pull out a 4-2 victory over Valencia West Ranch.

The much anticipated annual El Cerrito Middle School "Salutes Our Veterans" event took place on May 13th, 2015. Hundreds of staff, students, and community members filled the multipurpose room to pay tribute to Veterans in the community.

Each year Corona-Norco Unified School District, along with millions of people in over 20 countries, raise much needed funds and awareness to save lives from cancer through the American Cancer Society Relay For Life Movement.

On May 21, 2015 teachers, administrators and staff from Ronald Reagan Elementary School sported bright red noses to show their support for Red Nose Day, a national campaign to raise awareness about childhood poverty.

Thirteen years after enrolling in the District's first Dual Language Immersion (DLI) class at Washington Elementary, four students will be the first DLI graduating class at Roosevelt High School having reached their goal of becoming bilingual, biliterate and bicultural.

On Wednesday, June 3, 2015 second grade teacher Mrs. Oliver received a special visit from Riverside County Superintendent Ken Young and CNUSD Superintendent Dr. Michael Lin who informed her that she was selected as one of the four Riverside County Teachers of the Year for 2016.

As part of the Local Control Funding Formula (LCFF), school districts, county offices of education and charter schools are required to develop, adopt, and annually update a three-year Local Control and Accountability Plan (LCAP).

Events and games were rewritten this year in order to align each to the Common Core and included Calculator Challenge, Leap Frog, Mental Math, Number Sense, Construction Derby, 3D Tic-Tac-Toe, Hex, Capture, Mancala and 5-in-Row.

The top high school students from the class of 2015 in Riverside County—including the top 10 students in the county—were honored on Wednesday, April 15, at the 10th Annual Riverside County Student Academic Awards Dinner held at the Riverside Convention Center.

Dozens of award-winning entries from students in 4th and 5th grade, junior (grades 6-8) and senior (grades 9-12) divisions were honored at the Riverside County History Day Competition held at Arlington High School.

On March 26th- 27th Norco High School, in conjunction with the California Highway Patrol, the Office of Traffic Safety, various city, county, state, and local community groups, hosted a program called Every 15 Minutes.

On Monday, March 9, four extraordinary teachers received a surprise visit from Superintendent Dr. Lin and Assistant Superintendent Dr. Simon announcing them as CNUSD’s 2015-16 District Teachers of the Year.